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STOVE.

No. 282,660. Patented Aug. 7, 18853.y

NITED STATES PATENT. QFFICE.

-VILLIAM H. NOYES AND ELLA A. NOYES, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASS.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,660, dated August7, 1883.

Application filed April 6,1583. (Modell To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. Novias' and ELLA A. NOYES, ofNewburyport, in the county of Essex and Stateof Massachusetts, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stove rlops and SlidingCovers, of which the following is a description sufficiently full,clear, and exact, to enable rany person skilled in the art or science towhich .said invention appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of' thisspecification, in which- Figurel is an isometrical perspective view,representing the stove with its cover centrally arranged; Fig. 2, a planview showing the cover moved to the left, Fig. 3, a like view, showingit moved to the right; and Fig. 4, a plan view representing the body ofthe stove.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of u the drawings.

Our invention relates to that class of stoves in which kerosene or thehydrocarbon oils are used for fuel; and it consists in anovel construe`tion and arrangement yof the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forthand claimed, by which a more effective device of this character isproduced than is now in ordinary use.

Thenature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood byall conversant with such matters from the following explanation, itsextreme simplicity rendering `an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the stove, B the burner,andCthe combustionchamber, these parts being of ordinary construction.

Projecting horizontally from either side of the combustion-chamber thereis a flange, D, the top of the flange being on a plane with the top ofthe chamber.

The cover E is provided near its center with two holes, G H, its endsbeing elongated or extended beyond these holes, as shown at Z Z, theextensions corresponding in size and form with the flanges D,which theycover when the cover is centrally arranged. The cover is also providedVwith a smaller hole, J, disposed in the extension Z', and with adownwardly-projecting flange, my, ou either side, being fitted Ytime forcooking purposes.

is made over other sliding covers,which allow the hot air to escape atthe ends or sides of the stove-top. Y

In the use of our improvement, when the cover of the stove is `centrallyarranged, as shown. in Fig. l, the holes G H will be di rectly over thecombustion-chamber, and the hole J closed .by one of the langes D. Whenthe cover is moved to the left, as shown in Fig.A 2, the holes J H willbe directly over the combustion-chamber, and the holeG partly over thechamber and partly oyer one of the iianges D, and when moved to theright, as shown in Fig. 3, the hole G will b'e directly over the burnerB, the hole H partly over the combustion-chamber and partly over oneofthe flanges D, and the hole J open or beyond the flange. Vhen thecover is moved into a position to bring the hole H directly over theburner B, the hole J over the combustion-chamber C, and the hole Gpartly over the combustion-chamber C and partly over the fic ngepD, itwill thus enable all three ofthe holes to be used at the same When thecover is so arranged that either of its holes extend beyond theeombustion-chamber, it will be seen that the flanges D will not onlyprevent the escape of the flame, hot air, or products of combustionunder the cover downward into the room,but also direct them upwardlyaround the cooking-vessel on the studs, thereby saving a loss of heat.

The extensions Z Z serve to cover the ends of the combustion-chamberwhen the cover is moved to theV right or left to bring the holes G Hdirectly over the burner, thereby preventing the escape of hot air andthe products of combustion upwardly from the combustion chamber.

It will be understood that the holes G H J are all to be provided withlids of the ordinary construction, and that one or more of them l may beclosed or covered, as required. It will also be obvious that when it isre-A quired to move the covel to bring either of the holes G H directlyover the burner, as described, the other holes will not be opened insuch a manner as to let the hot airor ,products of combustion escapedownwardly into the room, thus greatly increasing the capacity of thedevice and obviating an objection which' pertains to many stoves of thischaracter.

XVe do not confine ourselves to the use of a burner adapted for burningvkerosene orother oils, as gast may be substituted therefor, if4desired, without departing from the spirit of our invention, whichhaving thus explained,

That we claim is- Y I 1. The improved stove'herein described, the sameconsisting of the body A, having the?y burner B, depressedcombustion-chamber 0,1 and flanges D, in combination with the sliding`cover E, having the holes G H J, and exten-I vsions Z Z, said extensionsresting upon and,

lying vin close contact with said flanges, and

all constructed, combined, and arranged to operate substantially as setforth.

'2. In a stove-top having a sliding cover, substantially such asdescribed, the flanges D, projecting beyond the combustion-chamber, andadapted to close or partially close one or more of the `holes in thecover, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

3. In combination with the depressed com!

